England enjoyed a cracking start to their Test series in India and showed everyone what I thought all along, the tourists can more than just hold their own out here.

And of all the good things to come out of the drawn first Test such as Haseeb Hameed’s debut , and hundreds for Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes and Alastair Cook, the performance that pleased me most was that of Adil Rashid.

England have been looking for a front-line spinner since Graeme Swann retired almost three years ago, and even though Moeen Ali has done a job and can bowl, I feel he is the ideal second spinner in a team rather than a strike bowler.

Rashid has been around for a little while, but what has happened now is that Saqlain Mushtaq has come along and done what people hadn’t been able to do with him — which is give him the confidence to take his time and to think about what he is doing when he gets the ball in hand.

The penny seems to have dropped for Rashid following advice from spin consultant Saqlain Mushtaq (Image: Reuters)

He is not rushing through the overs, he is stopping, thinking, assessing. This first Test in Rajkot was the best I’ve seen him bowl, and a good leg-spinner is a massive asset in world cricket.

He’s got a terrific wrong’un and some of the Indian top order batsmen are not picking it — I don’t care what anyone says, they did not pick it.

I don’t know what Saqqy has done to him, I don’t know what he has put into his cup of tea in the mornings, but whatever it is it’s working and keep on doing it.

I find it utterly astonishing that Saqqy was supposed to be leaving after the first Test.